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In Love with Chopin / Halina Czerny-Stefanska
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In Love with Chopin / Halina Czerny-Stefanska

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Composer
CHOPIN, FREDERIC
Artist
Halina Czerny-Stefánska, Smetacek
Format
CD
Label
Profil
Released
May 15, 2020
Catalog #
PH20017
UPC
881488200171

About

Halina Czerny-Stefánska, who was born in Kraków in 1922 and died there in 2001, achieved international fame as an interpreter of Chopin. On the 150th anniversary of the Polish composer's birth, the state-owned record company Polskie Nagrania produced a comprehensive collection of his works, featuring a number of her exemplary recordings, which form a major part of this set. One incident makes particularly clear what high esteem Chopin interpreter Czerny-Stefánska had achieved in the world of music: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 was released in the West as an LP featuring the brilliant, short-lived pianist Dinu Lipatti. Fifteen years passed before it transpired that the artist on this recording was not Lipatti, but Czerny-Stefánska, with the conductor Václav Smetácek. The mistake was admitted and corrected.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (version for solo piano) 13:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (version for solo piano)
    Duration
    13:52
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  3. 2 Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1 06:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26, No. 1
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  4. 3 Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2 08:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  5. 4 Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" 05:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  6. 5 Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2 06:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  7. 6 Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44 09:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  8. 7 Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic" 06:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  9. 8 Polonaise No. 8 in D Minor, Op. 71, No. 1 06:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Polonaise No. 8 in D Minor, Op. 71, No. 1
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  10. 9 Polonaise No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Op. 71, No. 2 08:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    Polonaise No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Op. 71, No. 2
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2 02:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  13. 2 Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 03:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  14. 3 Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2 02:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  15. 4 Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3 02:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  16. 5 Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2 02:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  17. 6 Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 4 03:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 4
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  18. 7 24 Preludes, Op. 28 40:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    24 Preludes, Op. 28
    Duration
    40:54
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  19. Disc 3
  20. 1 Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante" 05:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  21. 2 Fantasy-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 05:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasy-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  22. 3 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 08:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  23. 4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 10:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  24. 5 Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 05:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
  25. 6 I. Allegro maestoso 19:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    19:19
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Tschechische Philharmonie
    Conductor
    Václav Smetáček
  26. 7 II. Romanza: Larghetto 09:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Romanza: Larghetto
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Tschechische Philharmonie
    Conductor
    Václav Smetáček
  27. 8 III. Rondo: Vivace 09:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Tschechische Philharmonie
    Conductor
    Václav Smetáček
  28. Disc 4
  29. 1 Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 14:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22
    Duration
    14:25
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Warsaw Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Witold Rowicki
  30. 2 I. Allegro maestoso 19:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    19:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Warsaw Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Witold Rowicki
  31. 3 II. Romanza: Larghetto 09:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Romanza: Larghetto
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Warsaw Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Witold Rowicki
  32. 4 III. Rondo: Vivace 09:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Halina Czerny-Stefańska
    Ensemble
    Warsaw Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Witold Rowicki